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Roman Abramovich’s Yacht Fleet Past & Present

Say what you want about the elite, but you can’t help but marvel and low-key admire their spending habits when it comes to luxury toys. While Roman Abramovich might only be Russia’s 12th richest man (with a net worth of 9.8 billion USD), he’s undoubtedly the one you’ve heard the most about.

A fortune that began with a toy doll company, Abramovich and his now ex-wife used its success as a catalyst to world domination through everything from oil to consumer goods.

Among his arsenal of past and present superyachts, the billionaire tycoon also owns a private Boeing 767 and Gulfstream G650, while his ex-wife Irina took the Dassault Falcon 900 during their divorce settlement.

The pricetags below of these Roman Abramovich yachts – past and present – are in Australian dollars.

A Complete List of Roman Abramovich’s Yachts

Sussurro – $146 million.

Rumour has it that Sussurro is now owned by his ex-wife by way of a divorce settlement, and is rarely used regardless as it is almost always docked in Antibes.

ECSTASEA – $154 MILLION

Ecstasea is one of the fastest large yachts around, with an impressive 43,000 horsepower at a length of 86 metres.

LUNA – $386 MILLION

This 115-metre monstrosity boasts dual helipads and was built by Lloyd Werft at Stahlbau Nord Shipyards. The world’s second largest expedition yacht, the LUNA was sold to Abramovich’s friend and Azerbaijani billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov for 240 million Euro in 2014.

PELORUS – $386 MILLION

Clocking in at the same length and a very similar price tag, the Pelorus was built in 2003 by Lurssen and was briefly owned by a Saudi businessman before being sold to Abramovich the year after.

Optimised for long distance cruising, the Pelorus is without a doubt the sleekest of the tycoon’s line-up, with this vessel capable of 6000 nautical miles at 16 knots in a single voyage. Pelorus is now owned by Hong Kong businessman Samuel Tak Lee.

ECLIPSE – $643 MILLION

There’s no way Roman Abramovich could part from his flagship superyacht and the world’s largest by length at 163.5 metres. Known as the 1.5 billion dollar superyacht, Eclipse’s original cost price was realistically no more than 500 million USD.

Built in total secrecy by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg to custom request from Roman, Eclipse sports bulletproof windows, an advanced missile detection system and a provision to escape via submarine located at the bottom end of the yacht. Bond villain gadgets aside, its other amenities are things such as dual swimming pools and 20 jet skis.

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Take a closer look at Russian oligarch's $700 million superyacht that is one of the largest in the world

• Roman Abramovich had seemingly scrambled to avoid sanctions from the UK by moving his superyachts.
• One of those is The Eclipse, which cost $700 million to build and was once the biggest in the world.
• That yacht was once in New York City and we took some photos.

Like other Russian oligarchs, Roman Abramovich had seemingly scrambled to avoid sanctions and that included quickly moving his superyachts to more friendly waters.

Many of the 55-year-old billionaire's assets — such as the Chelsea Football Club and several homes — have been sold or frozen since Russia launched an unprovoked war on Ukraine, Bloomberg reported . 

While Abramovich couldn't move the Premier League football club Chelsea FC and sold the $3 billion club , his yachts are another matter. 

Abramovich's 553-foot-long flagship is The Eclipse, estimated to have cost $700 million when built. After sanctions were initially dropped by the UK against Abramovich, his second "smaller" $600 million superyacht, Solaris, left Barcelona, Spain, and moved to friendlier waters in Turkey.

Solaris was joined in Turkey by The Eclipse, which arrived from the Caribbean .

While the superyacht Eclipse was photographed in Turkish waters in early August , it was once docked at Manhattan's Pier 90, and Robert Johnson was able to get some pictures. Take a tour of the superyacht below. 

Robert Johnson contributed to this post.

Just south of this public parking lot on the roof of the Pier 90 terminal in New York City sat Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's flagship yacht, the "Eclipse."

536-feet long and styled after military vessels.

The 2010 Eclipse cost $700 million and was the world's largest yacht when built.

The vessel has amenities to rival any ship on the sea — like its own mini submersible, perhaps similar to this— able to dive down 150-feet.

The Eclipse has two helipads.

Bulletproof glass and armor plates wrap the length of Roman's master suite and the bridge.

And a German-built missile defense system.

The ship's also supposed to have a laser defense against paparazzi trying to photograph the yacht's guests, but saw no evidence of the device when we were there.

The Eclipse has three launch boats.

That looked to be stocked with medical supplies and a variety of handheld radios.

From the cruise ship parking lot it felt like we were almost on the Eclipse itself.

But with little chance we'd be invited aboard through the ship's door here ...

... We hoped to find one of the 70 crew members required to sail the Eclipse and see if they'd tell us what ship life was like.

But we found no one interested in talking.

But we certainly didn't feel like paparazzi, or that we'd be lasered, when we were in the parking lot tourists use when they arrive to board their cruise.

From up here, the ship was simply stunning and the amount of work required to keep her that way apparent.

The Yacht Report says owning a superyacht costs about 20% of the ship's initial value every year.

But experts believe that Roman probably pays $75 million a year to run the private cruise ship with 24-guest suites.

Looking at the layout of the ship gets us talking about the two swimming pools inside, the disco, cinema, hair salon, and restaurant.

The billionaire's guests would use this door to enter any fore part of the deck.

Perhaps noting where the life rings were as they made their way about the ship.

At 13,000 gross tons, the Eclipse was, at the time, the largest vessel to use a special stabilization system to keep it calm in rough waters while anchored or moving slowly through the sea.

Roman faced a $150,000 tab for parking the Eclipse in New York City while possibly visiting his daughter and her new baby — about $2,000 a day.

A large yacht like the Eclipse can hold over 100,000 gallons of fuel.

Depending on the current price of fuel, a five-hour cruise each way could cost about $30,000.

None of those numbers are likely to concern Roman Abramovich, however, who has an estimated net worth of nearly $8 billion.

Source: Forbes

Here is some drone footage of the superyacht.

You can see interior photos of the luxury yacht at Boat International

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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels whose ownership remained secret until this week.

A Financial Times investigation into the billionaire’s assets has lifted the veil of secrecy he maintains over his wealth, even after the UK and EU imposed sanctions on him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for his allegedly close relationship with President Vladimir Putin.

Authorities in the UK and EU are attempting to identify all of the assets owned by sanctioned oligarchs. Abramovich was already widely reported to be the owner of Solaris and Eclipse — worth $474mn and $437mn, respectively, according to yacht data service VesselsValue. But the FT revealed this week that he also owns Halo and Garçon, which are both moored in Antigua.

The Antiguan government was unaware of the ownership of the boats docked on the island before inquiries from the FT, highlighting the scale of the challenge UK and EU authorities face in enforcing sanctions.

Tom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank said governments, banks and other institutions trying to enforce sanctions had to navigate a world where “ownership trails run cold and morph into a haze of front companies, nominees and cut-outs”.

Halo and Garçon are valued at $38mn and $20mn, respectively, and are now at risk of being seized.

In a letter to the British high commissioner to Barbados regarding the yachts, Antiguan minister of foreign affairs Paul Chet Greene said the island would “provide full assistance to the government of the United Kingdom” if it receives a request under the two nations’ Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

The letter noted that Antigua had requested information on the company that owns the two boats — British Virgin Islands-registered Wenham Overseas Limited — after “persistent allegations by the Financial Times that the vessels could be owned by Mr Roman Abramovich”.

In response, the British high commission provided Antiguan authorities with a letter, seen by the FT, “from the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands which states the beneficial owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd is Roman Abramovich”.

The letter also shows the billionaire’s address in Switzerland is listed simply as “Immeuble, Gatzby Le Magnifique”, which translates as “The Great Gatsby Building”.

Keatinge described the UK’s ability to demand full ownership information of companies registered in any of its overseas territories or crown dependencies as its “most powerful global weapon” in combating financial secrecy.

However, he asked: “How much is that weapon being used?”

A person with knowledge of Abramovich’s boat collection and documents seen by the FT indicate that the oligarch may also still be the owner of Sussurro, the first yacht he bought in 1998, despite reports he had given it to an ex-wife in a divorce.

The person who correctly identified the two yachts in Antigua as belonging to Abramovich told the FT the oligarch still owned Sussurro.

The vessel’s owner is listed in maritime registers as Vesuvius International Limited in the British Virgin Islands. BVI documents show this company was deregistered there in 2017. Another Vesuvius International was registered in Jersey the same year.

The owner of Jersey-based Vesuvius International is listed as Wotton Overseas Holdings Limited. This entity — which shifted from the BVI to Jersey in 2017 — is also the owner through a subsidiary of a helicopter that has been photographed landing on Abramovich’s Solaris several times.

Maritime tracking services show Sussurro, which means “whisper” in Italian and is valued at $11mn, is moored in La Ciotat in the south of France — the same port where the French government last month seized a $116mn superyacht belonging to a company tied to Igor Sechin, head of Russian oil group Rosneft.

Sussurro’s management company is Blue Ocean Management, a Cyprus-based company that also manages Le Grand Bleu, a 113-metre superyacht that Abramovich reportedly gave to his business associate Eugene Shvidler.

The UK placed Shvidler under sanctions last week.

The letter from the BVI’s financial investigation agency to its British counterparts also reveals that the owner of Le Grand Blue — Ashchurch Holdings Limited — is owned by “Zarui Shvidler”. Shvidler’s wife is commonly known as Zara Shvidler.

VesselsValue pegged Le Grand Bleu’s market value in a range of $110mn-$130mn, noting that the boat had last been tracked this week in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Representatives for Abramovich and Shvidler did not respond to requests for comment.

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Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich’s Two Superyachts Are Sailing Towards Each Other in the Mediterranean

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Russian oligarch and billionaire Roman Abramovich is on the move—and so are his superyachts.

After being slapped with sanctions in response to Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine, the billionaire was last seen on March 14 at an airport in Israel, where he has dual citizenship, according to Reuters .

Abramovich, who is currently worth an estimated $7.1 billion, according to Forbes , appears to be moving his yachts to safer waters. His 533-foot superyacht Eclipse , normally anchored year-round in the Caribbean, has been sailing east towards the Mediterranean since February 21, according to global ship tracking platform MarineTraffic. As of Wednesday, the ship is located off the coast of Algeria and is still sailing east with no port destination specified. The yacht, estimated to be worth over $600 million, is one of the largest and most expensive in the world , and seems to be cruising towards Abramovich’s other yacht, Solaris , in the Ionian Sea.

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Roman Abramovich’s “Solaris” superyacht.  Courtesy of Lloyd Werft

The 461-foot Solaris  is currently located in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and heading south. Solaris was most recently at a port in Barcelona, where it had reportedly been receiving repairs since late 2021 . The ship left without declaring a destination. However, it’s possible both Solaris and Eclipse are heading towards each other and are even eyeing ports in Israel where Abramovich is considered safe from sanctions.

Though a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Abramovich has denied having close ties to the Kremlin. This hasn’t stopped dozens of nations, including the US, UK and several EU countries, from implementing sanctions and asset freezes on the oligarch. The sanctions are part of a concerted multinational effort to pressure Russia’s wealthiest and most powerful individuals to help bring Russia’s war on Ukraine to an end.

Perhaps sensing the economic pressures to come, Abramovich made headlines just days after the Ukraine invasion for stating his intention to sell his beloved Chelsea Football Club in London for $2.5 billion. The billionaire said all proceeds would benefit Ukrainian refugees and “victims of the war,” which, notably, may also include Russian soldiers.

Russian oligarch and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich appears to be seeking cover from international sanctions in Israel, where he has dual citizenship.  Associated Press

Russians own up to 10 percent of the world’s megayachts, so Abramovich is just one of many Russian billionaires who are moving their assets to avoid seizure by international authorities. This week, Italian police seized Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko’s 486-foot Sailing Yacht A, and earlier this month, France impounded the yacht Amore Vero , owned by Russian oil billionaire Igor Sechin. Other Russian billionaires have had their yachts impounded in other EU countries.

This isn’t the first time Russian oligarchs’ whereabouts have been made public. Florida teen Jack Sweeney, who once tracked Elon Musk’s jet, created a Twitter account —@RUOligarchJets—dedicated to tracking the private jets of Russian oligarchs, which is updated daily.

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Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich owns the second-largest yacht in the world and a customized airplane with a 30-person banquet hall - see how else he spends his fortune of at least $11 billion

Roman abramovich is a russian billionaire with an estimated net worth between $11.6 billion and $14.1 billion..

Once the richest man in Russia, Abramovich's net worth peaked in 2008 at $23.5 billion.

Source: Forbes

The 51-year-old billionaire became a high-profile figure in Britain after he acquired Chelsea Football Club in 2003.

Source: Bloomberg

Abramovich bought the soccer team 15 years ago from long-time chairman Ken Bates for $233 million.

Source: BBC News

Abramovich is "a keen follower of sport and international football," a statement said at the time.

Indeed, he is seen cheering on the team at many of their matches.

Source: Getty Images

Chelsea is one of the most valuable soccer teams in the world, with an average annual value of $135 million.

In September 2018, it was reported that Abramovich was considering a $3.9 billion sale of the team.

Source: Bleacher Report

Most of Abramovich's vast fortune comes from proceeds from selling Russian state-owned assets after the fall of the Soviet Union, according to Bloomberg.

In 2003, he sold a 26% stake of Russian airline company Aeroflot to the National Reserve Bank, and then sold his aluminum assets for more than $2 billion.

Today, Abramovich owns the largest share of Evraz, Russia's second-biggest steelmaker.

He also owns stakes in the world's largest refined nickel producer, Norilsk Nickel.

Abramovich has been married three times and has seven children.

In 2017, Abramovich announced his separation from his wife of 10 years, Dasha Zhukova, with whom he shares two children.

Source: Business Insider

The couple co-founded both the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and the New Holland Island cultural center in Saint Petersburg.

Their divorce could be one of the most expensive splits in history, thanks to their joint businesses in Russia, an extensive art collection, a mega-mansion on the Upper East Side, and other shared assets.

Abramovich and Zhukova share a son, Aaron, and a daughter, Leah.

Source: Mirror

Abramovich was previously married to Irina Malandina for 16 years.

They share five daughters: Sofia, Anna, Ilya, and Arina, and one son, Arkadiy.

When the two were married in 1991, Abramovich hadn't yet amassed the majority of his wealth, but at the time of their 2007 split, he was worth $18.7 billion.

Although Russian courts usually award a wife half of the wealth built up during a marriage, Malandina settled for $300 million, or 1.6% of Abramovich's fortune.

Abramovich's first marriage to Olga Yurevna Lysova lasted three years, from 1987 to 1990.

Source: Curbed

From 2003 to 2008, Abramovich was the governor of Chukotka, a remote Arctic province, during which time he spent $1.3 billion of his own money on the region.

Source: Business Insider , AP Photo

Abramovich has homes all over the world, including a $118.4 million home in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, an area nicknamed "Billionaires' Row."

Source: The Guardian

However, it was reported in May 2018 that the UK soccer team owner was granted Israeli citizenship and would be moving to Tel Aviv after facing unusually long delays in renewing his UK visa.

In recent years, Abramovich paid $96 million for four townhouses on New York City's Upper East Side with plans to turn them into one megamansion. He also bought another property two blocks away.

Source: Business Insider , The Real Deal

But in September 2018 it was reported that he sold four of the five properties, all in a row on East 75th Street, to his ex-wife, Zhukova, for $91.4 million.

Source: The Real Deal

Zhukova is the founder and editorial director of Garage Magazine, now owned by Vice Media in Brooklyn.

Source: Garage Magazine

Abramovich owns a lavish home in Antibes on the French Riviera.

Source: Daily Mail

Abramovich bought the Chateau de la Croe, a mansion that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, in 2001.

The chateau was once a summer retreat for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Source: Telegraph

Abramovich reportedly spent nearly $40 million renovating it.

A French court found in September 2018 that Abramovich had undervalued the holiday home and had not paid enough wealth tax in 2006 and 2007.

Abramovich added a $90 million estate on the Caribbean island of St. Bart's to his collection in 2009. The 70-acre estate reportedly includes Balinese bungalows with ocean views, tennis courts, swimming pools, and music pavilions.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Homes aren't the only things Abramovich likes to collect. The billionaire has reportedly spent hundreds of millions of dollars on yachts on his lifetime.

Source: The Richest

Abramovich bought the superyacht Pelorus, in 2004, when it was the 11th largest yacht in the world.

Source: Yacht Harbour

Abramovich's ex-wife, Irina, got the yacht in the divorce and later sold it to American business magnate and film producer David Geffen for $300 million. The yacht was most recently bought by Chinese billionaire Samuel Tak Lee.

Abramovich later spent nearly $500 million on a superyacht called Eclipse.

Source: The Guardian , Business Insider

At 533 feet long, Eclipse was the world's largest until it was overtaken by the Azzam in 2013.

Eclipse is said to have two helicopter pads, cabins to host 24 guests, two swimming pools, a disco hall, and a missile detection system.

It reportedly requires 70 members of staff to operate it and cater to guests.

Abramovich has reportedly owned at least three other yachts in his lifetime, including Le Grand Bleu.

His car collection is nothing to scoff at either. Abramovich reportedly owns more than $11 million of luxury vehicles, including this limited edition Ferrari FXX, which can reach speeds of more than 190 MPH. Only 29 were made.

Abramovich also bought a Pagani Zonda Roadster, one of only 15 ever to be made.

His other cars reportedly include a Bugatti Veyron, a Mercedes AMG GT3, and an Aston Martin Vulcan.

Abramovich has a number of airplanes in his personal fleet, including a Boeing 767-33AER.

The customized interior of the aircraft includes a banquet hall that seats 30 people, a kitchen, an office, and a bedroom.

Abramovich previously owned a Dassault Falcon 900, which was given to his ex-wife Irina in the divorce settlement.

Source: Boss Hunting

Abramovich's personal art collection comprises works by Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon, including a piece entitled "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" by Freud, which the billionaire bought for $34 million in 2008.

Source: Bloomberg, Reuters

The very next night at Sotheby's, Abramovich paid $86.3 million for Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976."

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Sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s fleet of superyachts was revealed Friday to be more extensive than previously known following the discovery of two more luxury vessels in Antigua – both of which now face seizure.

British authorities have determined that Abramovich is the owner of the yachts Halo and Garçon, which have been the subject of persistent scrutiny while docked in Antigua as Western nations crackdown on the wealth of rich Russians during the Ukraine invasion.

Halo is valued at approximately $38 million, while Garçon is worth about $20 million, according to data from yacht valuation firm VesselsValue.

Abramovich’s ownership of the two additional superyachts came to light following an extensive investigation by the Financial Times .

A top Antiguan official said the island sought information on Wenham Overseas Limited, an Abramovich-linked and British Virgin Islands-based firm listed as the owner of Halo and Garçon. The firm is on the UK sanctions list.

In a letter to Antigua’s government, British officials said an investigation had determined that the “beneficial owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd is Roman Abramovich.”

Ronald Sanders, Antigua’s ambassador to the United States, said the country is willing to detain and seize both vessels if it receives a formal request from the UK government.

“The only way we can (seize the vessels) is if the British in their mutual legal assistance treaty request establish that this is a person they want because he has committed some crime,” Sanders told Reuters.

Abramovich was already known to be the owner of the $600 million Solaris and the $700 million Eclipse, each of which fled to sea last month after the United Kingdom sanctioned the oligarch. Both yachts were last known to be docked in Turkey .

The Russian billionaire may also still own a fifth yacht, the $11 million Sussurro, that he first purchased in 1998, according to the FT. While Abramovich reportedly gave the yacht to his ex-wife following their divorce, the outlet said a source with knowledge of his fleet and other documents showed the oligarch was still linked to the vessel through another firm.

Abramovich and other oligarchs have scrambled to protect the trappings of their wealth during the increasingly harsh crackdown. The UK sanctions froze Abramovich’s assets and forced him to sell his ownership stake in the Premier League soccer club Chelsea.

Meanwhile, reports have surfaced that Abramovich may have been poisoned alongside Ukrainian officials last month while attending peace talks aimed at ending the invasion – a sign that the oligarch’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin has frayed.

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Roman Abramovich's new £430million superyacht Solaris - complete with eight decks, a helicopter pad and 48 cabins - nears completion in German shipyard

• The 460ft Solaris will soon undertake sea trials before the 54-year-old Chelsea owner sets sail in the summer
• Russian billionaire's eight-deck boat has been fitted with 48 cabins and is able to sleep 36 guests and 60 crew
• Two high-tech electrical engines called Azipods will drive the colossal boat. The super-efficient propeller pods can turn through 360 degrees, providing incredible manoeuvrability, and render a rudder unnecessary
• Abramovich already owns a 530ft yacht, Eclipse, which was the world's largest superyacht when it launched

By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline

Published: 06:48 EDT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 12:04 EDT, 23 February 2021

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Roman Abramovich's new £430 million superyacht has been spotted for the first time as it nears completion at a German shipyard.

The 460ft Solaris, equipped with a helipad and swimming pool, will soon undertake sea trials before the 54-year-old Chelsea owner sets sail in the summer.

The Russian billionaire's eight-deck yacht has been fitted with 48 cabins and is able to sleep 36 guests, as well as 60 crew.

Two high-tech electrical engines called Azipods will drive the colossal boat. The super-efficient propellers can turn through 360 degrees, providing incredible manoeuvrability, and render a rudder unnecessary.

Despite its incredible size, Abramovich's new vessel is actually smaller than the superyacht he already owns - the 533ft Eclipse. 

As well as Solaris and Eclipse, the Russian is reported to have previously owned at least five other superyachts, including the 162ft Sussurro, the 282ft Ecstasea, the Luna and the Pelorus, both 377ft, and the 371ft Grand Bleu.

Roman Abramovich's new £430 million superyacht is pictured for the first time as it nears completion at a German shipyard

The colossal boat was pictured surrounded by scaffolding and cranes at the end of December as she neared completion at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, north of Bremen

The 460ft Solaris, equipped with a helipad and swimming pool, will soon undertake sea trials before the 54-year-old Chelsea owner sets sail in the summer

The Solaris will be Abramovich's second superyacht and not as large as the Eclipse, a 533ft vessel. He has previously owned at least five other colossal yachts, the 162ft Sussurro the most recent to change hands in around 2017.

Two high-tech electrical engines called Azipods will drive the colossal boat. The super-efficient propeller pods can turns through 360 degrees, providing incredible manoeuvrability, and render a rudder unnecessary.

The yacht is covered in tarpaulin and materials as shop builders finish works on the massive boat at the end of December. She is expected to set sail in the summer

Abramovich and his 24-year-old then-girlfriend Daria Zhukova on the Ecstasea yacht off St Barts in the Caribbean in 2008

Abramovich washes the sea water off as he enjoys a holiday with his future wife Daria Zhukova on the Ecstasea yacht in the Caribbean in 2008

Abramovich relaxes on the Eclipse yacht off the French Riviera in 2017. The Russian billionaire owns a villa in Antibes

Solaris was pictured surrounded by scaffolding and cranes at the end of December as she neared completion at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, north of Bremen.

A source told The Sun : 'This will be the yacht of the year when she is launched later this year.'

Solaris will have a top speed of 18 knots (20mph) and feature an outdoor beach club area, with a jacuzzi and spa to accompany the swimming pool.

Mr Abramovich is already the owner of a £540 million superyacht, Eclipse, which he uses for cruises around the French Riviera where he owns a villa in Antibes.

The 533ft yacht, at time of launch the largest privately owned superyacht in the world, is more than 70ft longer than Mr Abramovich's new yacht. 

The Eclipse is reportedly equipped with an anti-missile system, bullet-proof glass and armour-plating around Mr Abramovich' quarters. It's not clear how the new smaller ship will differ.

The source added: 'Details are being kept top secret but she will be a magnificent addition for the owner.

'To give you an idea of the size of Solaris the yacht shed she is being built in is bigger and taller than Buckingham Palace so you have some idea of the dimensions.' 

The billionaire has owned a series of other luxurious yachts before Solaris and Eclipse. Three of them - including the £110million Le Grand Bleu, the £274million Pelorus and the £276million Luna - measured more than 370ft.

The Luna and Le Grand Bleu are both 'expedition' class yachts, meaning they have very strong hulls which are capable of navigating through high seas while providing comfort to passengers in the most inhospitable climates, such as at the North and South Poles.

Like Eclipse, Luna is also fitted with missile detection apparatus, as well as bullet-proof glass windows.

Others vessels owned by Mr Abramovich have included the 282ft, £110million Ecstasea with a top speed of 25 knots and the smaller 162ft, £16million Sussurro. 

Some of the vessels have been loaned out to top Chelsea footballers over the years, including John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.

Terry and Lampard were given use of the Pelorus as a 'bonus' following their victorious league campaign in 2005, while Terry and his wife Toni set sail in the yacht two years later for their honeymoon.

When he gets his new yacht, the Russian won't be sailing to Britain anytime soon after his visa expired two years ago.

Mr Abramovich, who owns a £200 million property empire in London, became an Israeli citizen in 2018 after he announced that he had withdrawn his UK visa application. 

It came amid heightened tensions between London and Moscow over the Salisbury Novichok attack. 

Value: £430 million

Length: 460ft

Tonnage: 11,000

Top speed: 18 knots (20mph)

Engines: Two Azipod electrical propellers

Extras: Helipad, swimming pool, beach club area, jacuzzi and spa 

Value: £540 million

Length: 533ft

Tonnage: 13,000

Top speed: 22 knots (25mph)

Cabins: At least 24 guest cabins, but dozens more for the crew

Engines: Four MTU 20V 1163 TB93 diesel engines

Extras: Two helipads, a submarine and three landing craft, two swimming pools and a dance floor

Abramovich's Eclipse yacht off the coast of Portofino, Italy, in September 2013. The yacht is valued at £540 million and is the largest which the Chelsea boss has owned

Abramovich's previous yachts  

Value: £16 million

Length: 162ft 

Tonnage: 480 

Top speed: 36 knots (41mph) 

Engines: Twin 4,000 horse power Textron TF4 gas turbines and twin 3,442hp Paxman diesel engines

Value: £110 million 

Length: 282ft

Tonnage: 2,100

Top speed: 25 knots (29mph) 

Engines: Quad 3,000 horse power MTU diesel engines, and a single GE LM2500 gas turbine 1 

Le Grand Bleu

Value: £110 million

Length: 371ft

Tonnage: 5,600

Top Speed: 17 knots (20mph) 

Cabins: 10 

Guests: 20 

Engines: Twin Deutz-MWM SBV16M 628 diesel engines   

Value: £276 million

Length: 377ft

Tonnage: 5,800

Top speed: 23 knots (27mph)

Engines: Twin Wartsila 4,500kW electric engines and propelled by twin Azipods

Extras: Helipad, 20-metre outdoor swimming pool, dance floor, spa, elevator, deck jacuzzi, gym

Value: £274 million 

Tonnage: 5,300

Top speed: 19 knots (22mph) 

Engines: Twin Wartsila 3,900kW diesel-electric engines

Extras: Two helipads, large swimming pool, various water sports craft, including jet skis

The yacht Sussurro is surrounded by sightseers in 2013. The 162ft vessel is valued at around £16 million and was let go by Abramovich in around 2017

The Pelorus superyacht. The 377ft vessel has two helipads and a large swimming pool. It is valued at around £270 million

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Luna at port in the United Arab Emirates in 2019. The £276 million vessel was delivered to Abramovich in 2010 and sold four years later to Azerbaijani billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov

Abramovich's former yacht Ecstasea sails through the Bosphorus, Istanbul, in 2010. The £110 million boat can accommodate 14 guests and 25 crew

In January, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called for the freezing of Mr Abramovich's assets over his poisoning and detention.

A representative of the 44-year-old anti-corruption campaigner accused the Chelsea owner of being associated with the Kremlin.

Mr Abramovich's representatives poured scorn on the claims.

He is worth a reported £10 billion and has overseen years of lavish spending at Chelsea Football Club since taking over in 2003.

Under his ownership, the London club have won five Premier League titles, the Champions League and become one of world football's most valuable clubs.

The Russian owns a 15-bedroom mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens on what is known as 'billionaire's row.'

He paid £90 million for the home which is now believed to be worth £125 million.

Mr Abramovich made his fortune by selling assets purchased from the state after the fall of the Soviet Union. 

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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels whose ownership remained secret until this week.

A Financial Times investigation into the billionaire’s assets has lifted the veil of secrecy he maintains over his wealth, even after the UK and EU imposed sanctions on him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for his allegedly close relationship with President Vladimir Putin.

Authorities in the UK and EU are attempting to identify all of the assets owned by sanctioned oligarchs. Abramovich was already widely reported to be the owner of Solaris and Eclipse — worth $474mn and $437mn, respectively, according to yacht data service VesselsValue. But the FT revealed this week that he also owns Halo and Garçon, which are both moored in Antigua.

The Antiguan government was unaware of the ownership of the boats docked on the island before inquiries from the FT, highlighting the scale of the challenge UK and EU authorities face in enforcing sanctions.

Tom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank said governments, banks and other institutions trying to enforce sanctions had to navigate a world where “ownership trails run cold and morph into a haze of front companies, nominees and cut-outs”.

Halo and Garçon are valued at $38mn and $20mn, respectively, and are now at risk of being seized.

In a letter to the British high commissioner to Barbados regarding the yachts, Antiguan minister of foreign affairs Paul Chet Greene said the island would “provide full assistance to the government of the United Kingdom” if it receives a request under the two nations’ Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

The letter noted that Antigua had requested information on the company that owns the two boats — British Virgin Islands-registered Wenham Overseas Limited — after “persistent allegations by the Financial Times that the vessels could be owned by Mr Roman Abramovich”.

In response, the British high commission provided Antiguan authorities with a letter, seen by the FT, “from the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands which states the beneficial owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd is Roman Abramovich”.

The letter also shows the billionaire’s address in Switzerland is listed simply as “Immeuble, Gatzby Le Magnifique”, which translates as “The Great Gatsby Building”.

Keatinge described the UK’s ability to demand full ownership information of companies registered in any of its overseas territories or crown dependencies as its “most powerful global weapon” in combating financial secrecy.

However, he asked: “How much is that weapon being used?”

A person with knowledge of Abramovich’s boat collection and documents seen by the FT indicate that the oligarch may also still be the owner of Sussurro, the first yacht he bought in 1998, despite reports he had given it to an ex-wife in a divorce.

The person who correctly identified the two yachts in Antigua as belonging to Abramovich told the FT the oligarch still owned Sussurro.

The vessel’s owner is listed in maritime registers as Vesuvius International Limited in the British Virgin Islands. BVI documents show this company was deregistered there in 2017. Another Vesuvius International was registered in Jersey the same year.

The owner of Jersey-based Vesuvius International is listed as Wotton Overseas Holdings Limited. This entity — which shifted from the BVI to Jersey in 2017 — is also the owner through a subsidiary of a helicopter that has been photographed landing on Abramovich’s Solaris several times.

Maritime tracking services show Sussurro, which means “whisper” in Italian and is valued at $11mn, is moored in La Ciotat in the south of France — the same port where the French government last month seized a $116mn superyacht belonging to a company tied to Igor Sechin, head of Russian oil group Rosneft.

Sussurro’s management company is Blue Ocean Management, a Cyprus-based company that also manages Le Grand Bleu, a 113-metre superyacht that Abramovich reportedly gave to his business associate Eugene Shvidler.

The UK placed Shvidler under sanctions last week.

The letter from the BVI’s financial investigation agency to its British counterparts also reveals that the owner of Le Grand Blue — Ashchurch Holdings Limited — is owned by “Zarui Shvidler”. Shvidler’s wife is commonly known as Zara Shvidler.

VesselsValue pegged Le Grand Bleu’s market value in a range of $110mn-$130mn, noting that the boat had last been tracked this week in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Representatives for Abramovich and Shvidler did not respond to requests for comment.

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The luxury nine-deck boat is now owned by an Azerbaijani oligarch who is a former member of the Russian parliament - although he reportedly denies being the owner

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A £340 million superyacht boasting its own submarine and once owned by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been seized in Germany.

The Azerbaijani oligarch-owned luxury vessel is not allowed to leave the Port of Hamburg where its moored, as a result of sanctions put in place targeting those that support Vladimir Putin's regime.

According to Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, the Liechtenstein Trust is listed as the owner of the boat, called The Luna, and a network of documents seen by police show businessman Farkhad Akhmedov is behind the trust.

The gas tycoon is a former representative in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation - the upper house of the Russian parliament - and lived and worked in London from 1986 to 1994.

Akhmedov, who hit headlines last year during a high profile £450 million divorce battle with his London-based ex wife Tatiana, has reportedly denied being its current owner and has also denied being close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He has been on the EU sanctions list since the beginning of April. Forbes recently estimated his fortune at around USD 1.4 billion (GBP 1.15 billion).

The yacht - which boasts nine decks, a huge swimming pool and a small submarine -must now remain in the port until further notice.

The Luna was first bought by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich in 2010.

Until recently, Germany was lagging behind other countries in chasing oligarchs' fortunes.

At the beginning of April, the sum of funds frozen in the country amounted to just EUR 125 million (GBP 108 million).But the country has since made swift progress, with the amount now believed to total around EUR 1 billion (GBP 861 million).

The Luna is now the second oligarch vessel to be frozen in the Port of Hamburg by the Federal Criminal Police Office.

The first was the world's largest superyacht Dilbar , which belongs to the sanctioned sister of Uzbek-born Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov.

The yacht, called Dilbar was registered to a holding company in Malta and is 512ft long.

Dilibar was launched in 2016 and is reported to be worth $648million (£493million).

The extravagant deck features an 80ft pool and it has space for two helipads.

Economic sanctions were imposed against Mr Usmanov over his connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin and in response to the invasion of Ukraine .

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